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Outside Lands contest winner!

David Pescovitz at 12:21 pm Fri, Aug 3, 2012

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Congratulations to Brad Konick, winner of our Outside Lands 2012 "summer photo" ticket contest! Thank you all for the amazing entries! We hope you enjoyed the contest. Brad submitted the beautiful photograph above left with Sigur Rós' "Svefn-g-englar" as the suggested accompanying song by an artist playing at this year's Outside Lands. Brad wins a pair of 3-day tickets for the festival which runs August 10-12 and also features artists like Regina Spektor, Beck, Neil Young, Jack White, and Thee Oh Sees. The festival is mostly sold-out but special VIP 3-Day Tickets are still available. Outside Lands 2012

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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This was the first song that popped into my head when I read about the contest…congrats on a beautiful photo and a beautiful opportunity!